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Scilla

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Here are some of the Siberian squills (Scilla siberica) or scillas dotting the landscape at Swarthmore College. These early spring bloomers in the hyacinth family mostly come in blue, but you occasionally see them in white, pink and purple.

Not sure what to call these. I think they were white but on a cloudy day, they take on a blue tint.

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Since joining the Inquirer in 1985, Ginny Smith has been a city reporter and medical writer, City Editor and Pennsylvania Editor. In March 2006, she became the paper’s gardening writer, which has been the most fun of all. Ginny recently won a silver award of achievement from the national Garden Writers Association in the newspaper-writing category.


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